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What are these hooks on Amsterdam's buildings?
In the old days they were used to lift goods to the higher floors which were storing areas.
These days they are used in moving house, still used in these days with mechanical lifts which moving ...
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How do I get a hotel room in the centre when everything is sold out (and more expensive) because of a big event?
It sounds like you're not going to find an inexpensive private room in the city center. Hotels don't have any reason to conceal their availability; if you're not seeing things on the normal booking ...
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How to get to Schiphol Airport at 5am using public transport from Amsterdam?
There are hourly trains from Amsterdam Centraal station to Schiphol all night long, every day of the week.
Alternatively, http://9292.nl/en# is the public transport journey planner for Netherlands, ...
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What are these hooks on Amsterdam's buildings?
In addition to Willeke's answer,
http://shadowsofaforgottenworld.blogspot.com/2016/06/hoisting-beams-in-amsterdam.html?m=1 mentions that these lifting hooks aka hoisting beams were an indirect ...
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Transit in Amsterdam for 10 hours, do I have time to visit the city for sightseeing?
Yes, it is possible for you to leave the airport in Amsterdam. You will clear Schengen immigration controls there, whereby your passport will be stamped. After that, there will be nothing preventing ...
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My friends and I are going to Amsterdam, what can we bring back?
Nothing.
You can't bring any drug with you, even if it is sold as tea bags, cakes, biscuits, or whatever..
Moreover, since you are in a group of young men coming back from Amsterdam, there is a ...
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What is the incidence of lost luggage in Amsterdam Airport?
I cannot imagine 10% of luggage ever misconnected in AMS. This just seems sooooo much higher than anywhere else. Moreover, it would imply that KLM as the major user of the airport would have a rate ...
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How do I get a hotel room in the centre when everything is sold out (and more expensive) because of a big event?
While the chances of success are low, you can sometimes get impossible-seeming bookings by knowing when the cancellation periods are for people with bookings to cancel without penalty. If the hotel ...
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Going to Amsterdam tomorrow. Two months left on passport
This is very much a long shot, but it might be possible. See https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/get-fast.html
It used to be the case that same- or next-day service was available to ...
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Connecting flight via Amsterdam to Peru
In normal circumstances, with the two flights on the same ticket, this would be perfectly fine.
You're coming from the UK, which is not part of the Schengen Area, and heading to Peru, which is not ...
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Are Schiphol airport hotels noisy?
I suggest checking multiple reviews for any hotels you are considering. Good soundproofing is a key feature for modern airport hotels. If guests could not sleep because of noise it would be a very ...
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Amsterdam Centraal or Sloterdijk station area?
It's quite easy to travel between Amsterdam Centraal and Amsterdam Sloterdijk. Trains are frequent and the trip is about 6 or 7 minutes. The base fare is €2.30. The travel time to Brussels is ...
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Transportation in Netherlands: to and around Amsterdam
It would depend on where exactly you need to be in those places. But if staying in a hotel near Amsterdam Central Station is a must, it would probably make sense to use public transport. The public ...
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55 mins OSL-AMS-UK enough?
Do you think I have enough time.
KLM thinks it's enough time, otherwise they wouldn't have sold you the ticket. A connection is never guaranteed but you have a very good chance of making it. If you ...
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How do I get a hotel room in the centre when everything is sold out (and more expensive) because of a big event?
You can search on hotels and check their own sites, but I fear you left it too late.
Usually I would advise to go to one of the other Dutch cities but this event is country wide and all cheap hotel ...
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Are Schiphol airport hotels noisy?
In April 2013 I stayed at the Schiphol Airport Sheraton, which is attached to the main terminal building and an easy walk to check in and the gates. I was in a mid-level room. It was very very quiet ...
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Will Immigration be done at first point in Schengen or at end destination?
Immigration and visas are handled at the level of the Schengen Area, not the EU. The Schengen Area covers most of the EU, but some EU countries are not in Schengen (such as Ireland, Romania, Bulgaria.....
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Are MasterCard and Visa accepted by Amsterdam taxis?
I'm not sure about paying the driver directly, but at least TCA and Staxi have an app that supports credit card (and PayPal).
https://www.tcataxi.nl/en/tca-app/
https://www.staxi.nl/en/faq/
This one ...
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Are MasterCard and Visa accepted by Amsterdam taxis?
It's a statistical sample of one, but on January 1st 2020, I paid for a taxi from Schiphol to the Amsterdam Marriott with a Visa, and again the next day in the other direction. Apropos of nothing, the ...
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Can I get tax refund stamp if just traveling between EU countries?
You have to get your form stamped at the airport before check-in, so you can show any of the goods exported on request, even if you are going to place them in checked luggage.
For this reason, even if ...
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Schiphol transit from EU inbound flight to Canada
Flying from Sweden to the UK via Amsterdam on a single ticket (i.e same airline) everything happens inside the airport.
Since your parents are elderly, perhaps they could sign up for 'special ...
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Weed tourism: alternatives to Amsterdam
Have you considered the US state of Colorado?
Supposedly, there are more marijuana "dispensaries" (as they are known from the days when the state was still trying to maintain the "medical marijuana" ...
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Are Schiphol airport hotels noisy?
I'd like to promote Zach Lipton's comment to an answer.
Amsterdam proper is near Schiphol - about a 20min train ride from the airport station to the main Amsterdam station, with trains running ...
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What's the current status of direct London-Amsterdam Eurostar trains?
Edit 4 February 2020
Please note that this answer is now of historical interest only. For the full picture see the answer by @jcaron When are the direct Eurostar trains from Amsterdam to London ...
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RIP 'I amsterdam', when will I see you again?
It seems they will come back, but when and where is still unknown. From local news site AT5 (December 3rd):
Ze worden opgeknapt en daarna zullen ze rondreizen door de stad. Welke plekken ze zullen ...
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Do I need a visa to leave the Amsterdam airport enroute to Norway from US?
Amsterdam is in the Schengen area, and as a US citizen you can enter the Schengen area for short visits (of up to 90 days of any 180) without having a visa.
This is the same rule that allows you to ...
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Are card readers legal in the Amsterdam red light window brothels for payment?
The article you link does not state at all what you claim.
It says that no payment processor is willing to provide them service. Not that they are not allowed to use that payment method. So yes, it ...
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